Great size to run all the necessary things in your home in a power outage

I purchased this generator because of the light weight and for the remote start.

Just after 160 hours of work did the power button stop working. I made a claim to the manufacturer but they are swamped with many claims.

The manual is comprehensive, including instructions on how to check and adjust valve clearance. It even comes with a bottle of oil.

The CO sensor is way too sensitive. Gen keeps shutting down unless you have a fan to blow exhaust away or it is windy.

Well built and surprisingly quiet for its size. Has remote start which is a great added feature and worth the few extra dollars.

I just bought it yesterday and filled the oil reservoir (oil included) today, put fuel in it and started it right up.

so far happy with it. It runs great and is super quiet which is great for campgrounds that don’t supply power

I am a mechanic and an electrician. The remote start/stop was (and is) very appealing. However, I feared a remote start meant an automatic choke that could fail. I read several accounts of others with the iGen4500 that, right out of the box, sputtered for a minute then stop, which meant shipping the genny to Westinghouse, and waiting 2-weeks without their genny. I wondered if these problems would be related to the automatic choke not working. Indeed, they were. Mine did the same thing. I went through the setup, started it, which sputtered for a minute then stopped. It was not going to restart. It sounded like the "automatic" choke was stuck closed. I opened up the side panel but didn't see anything that looked like a choke. Finally, I googled "iGen4500 choke problems". Score! Westinghouse had issued a service bulletin about this very issue. It showed how to manually move the choke (panel removal required), and presto -- it ran normally! The bulletin called this a temporary solution. "Step 2" was their "permanent solution", which required removing two more side panels (nearly 20 screws) and reattaching a harness that they predicted had become unconnected. Sure enough, it was disconnected. I reconnected it, buttoned it all back together, and now it works like it should. The connector makes a positive latch, so I don't believe this happened in shipping. No doubt it wasn't fully connected a the factory. This is the only reason I gave it 4 stars. Otherwise, I'm now happy. It is surprisingly quiet. Plenty of power for my Airstream. The remote works, Gauges are nice. Get one.

Came Perfect, no issues out of the box, did the 5 hour break in and everything went well, install of the battery terminal quick connects was a breeze. Nice that it came with a screw on Funnel so your not fighting to keep it in there. This review is for the "Newer" Model 5000c, forces me to leave a review in the 4500c product. 5000c Model had no issue with the "choke" issue many were having on the 4500c from shipping.